Connection issue on Illuminate missions

[XCABAL]

When I join an Illuminate mission I can only play for about 2-5 minutes at most before it drops the connection. If I host a game, everyone constantly drops connection and anyone that tries to join my game hangs at dropping in and gets DCed.

I can do bugs and bots fine with no issue, only Illuminate.

[<Caeris↝]

It´s not only Illuminate. Every mission is just luck to not get disconnected.

Ppl. complain about it for months also on Reddit about the unstable servers (console & pc players), but still no fix.

[Arimoshi-Kuto]

im glad im not the only one experiencing this. ive only really experienced it with the illuminate, but i feel bad every time i get dc'ed cause im usually helping lower levels.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by XCABAL:

Connection issue on Illuminate missions
When I join an Illuminate mission I can only play for about 2-5 minutes at most before it drops the connection. If I host a game, everyone constantly drops connection and anyone that tries to join my game hangs at dropping in and gets DCed.

I can do bugs and bots fine with no issue, only Illuminate.

Are you on Starlink? There is a known ISP issue.

[XCABAL]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by XCABAL:

Connection issue on Illuminate missions
When I join an Illuminate mission I can only play for about 2-5 minutes at most before it drops the connection. If I host a game, everyone constantly drops connection and anyone that tries to join my game hangs at dropping in and gets DCed.

I can do bugs and bots fine with no issue, only Illuminate.

Are you on Starlink? There is a known ISP issue.

No, I'm on DSL of all things. That would be interesting, though. I talked with a friend of mine and he says he hasn't had connection issues. So it could be ISP related. I don't know how Illuminate missions are set up exactly, but it could be just too many things are loaded at once and it's overwhelming my connection.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by XCABAL:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Are you on Starlink? There is a known ISP issue.

No, I'm on DSL of all things. That would be interesting, though. I talked with a friend of mine and he says he hasn't had connection issues. So it could be ISP related. I don't know how Illuminate missions are set up exactly, but it could be just too many things are loaded at once and it's overwhelming my connection.

Yes. And no.

You are correct with your observations. But it is not only your connection.

The thing is: the game runs on P2P.

So it suffices that one of the players has bad connection to topple the rest of the team.

The best you can hope for is that everyone has a good PC and good internet. Then the risk of dropping out is lowest.

I described the situation once for Monster Hunter Rise
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2915995696
It is the same here with Helldivers 2.

If you want, you could try changing your DNS Server
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3389857968
but then again: everyone in your party needs to make sure to have their best connection - otherwise it will always be you havign a good connection but someone else is toppling them due to them having micro disconnects and alike.

[swamicdub]

i notice this too...the illuminate missions are way worse right now....i got dc from like 7 games in a row and was doing fine before like a week ago...something is def worse right now...

[=Duke=]

Confirm this as well. I've never had this issue until the Illuminate update. If I host, I will randomly lose all 3 teammates about 5-6 mins in. If joining others, I will get Dc'd back to my ship around the same time. Hope a fix comes soon.

[XCABAL]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by XCABAL:

No, I'm on DSL of all things. That would be interesting, though. I talked with a friend of mine and he says he hasn't had connection issues. So it could be ISP related. I don't know how Illuminate missions are set up exactly, but it could be just too many things are loaded at once and it's overwhelming my connection.

*snip*

I tried your guide and I still got DCed after 3 minutes of playing an Illuminate mission. IDK what to do at this point and I guess I'll just stick to bot and bugs until Arrowhead fixes it.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by XCABAL:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

*snip*

I tried your guide and I still got DCed after 3 minutes of playing an Illuminate mission. IDK what to do at this point and I guess I'll just stick to bot and bugs until Arrowhead fixes it.

Sad. It was worth a try at least.

[Xenoire]

This is exclusive on Illuminate mission, I only got disconnected when playing illuminate, but not on bugs and bots... I think it is isolated.. I can confirm that because whenever I played illuminated, I got disconnected... and it is consistent.,

[Freedom Fries]

Same here. No connection issues with Terminids or Automatons. Illuminate I can host and everyone else loses connection within minutes of the mission. If I join Illuminate mission I typically lose connection within 1-10 minutes... occasionally lasting more and completing missions about 5-10% of the time. On DSL.

No connection issues with any other games currently either.

[Morbeyn]

Getting disconnected 1-10 mins in also... gigabit both ways, no issues with other multiplayer games.

[inducefear]

+1

Every single mission I join disconnects. People that join me suffer from this too.

[ParlanPeBo]

+1

I have the exact same issue. Only on Illuminate.

[Blaster Masters]

Same here.